Scouring pads



March 22, 1966 BENJAMIN ETAL I 3,241,171

SCOURING PADS Filed April 15, 1964 INVENTORS 19L FRED r7. .BEAUflM/N 9L Y sawY/v JOSEPH United States Patent 3,241,171 SCOURING PADS Alfred A. Benjamin, 129 W. 120th St, New York, N.Y., igld Selwyn Joseph, 158 Esplanade, Mount Vernon,

Filed Apr. 15, 1964, Ser. No. 360,146 1 Claim. (Cl. -118) This invention concerns improvements in scouring pads.

According to the invention there is provided a round shell-like annular pad formed with a circumferential pocket for receiving a piece of soap. The pad has a radial opening for receiving a water sprinkling pipe or tube. The pad has a series of joined sections made of woven or coiled wire, metal wool, or linked metal loops. The several sections have different grades of coarseness and fineness. The pad can be held so that only one section at a time is rubbed on a surface for cleaning the same. The pad can be turned inside out for use. The pad can be made in a flat rectangular shape with a pocket between opposite sides of the pad. The opposing sides will be made of woven or coiled wire, metal wool or linked metal loops of different grades of coarseness and fineness. Each side of the pad may have several sections of different grades of coarseness. This pad also may be turned inside out for use. The inner sides of the round and rectangular pads may have sections with different grades of coarseness from those of the outer sides. Linked loops or rings may be provided on the pads for holding them on a users hand.

It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a pad made of joined sections of woven or coiled wire, metal wool or linked metal loops, the different sections being of different grades of coarseness.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of scouring pad embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the pad of FIG. 1, on a reduced scale, with a sprinkler tube and cake of soap inserted therein.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of part of the sprinkler tube.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown in FIGS. 1-3 a scouring pad having a round annular shell-like body. The pad has a plurality of adjoining, circumferentially extending sections 21-24 each made of woven wire or steel wool of a different grade of coarseness. Inside the pad is a pocket 25 into which can be inserted a cake of soap 27. A lateral radially extending opening 26 is provided between adjacent ends of sections 21, 24 which are detachably joined together by metal rings 28. Through opening 26 can be inserted a flexible water sprinkler tube or hose 30. This tube, as best shown in FIGS. 2-4, has a multiplicity of spaced holes 31 at one 3,241,171 Patented Mar. 22, 1966 end 33 for discharging water in fine streams inside the pad. The imperforate end 35 of the tube can be attached to a water faucet F. The holes 31 should extend for a distance D from the free end 32 of the tube no greater than the internal circumferential length of the inside of pad 20 so no water is discharged outside the tube when inserted in the pad. The free end 32 of the tube may be sealed closed to insure an even distribution of water from openings 31.

The pad 20 can be disposed in .a vertical position as shown in FIG. 2 so that any one of the sections 2124 can be rubbed on a surface S for cleaning the same. The cake of soap 27 will serve as a stiffener member to facilitate holding and manipulating the pad. The part 35 of tube 30 extending out of the pad may also serve as a handle for manipulating the pad while water is being discharged into the pad and the cake of soap provides lather.

In the form of the invention described, it will be noted that different grades of coarseness in the several sides and sections are provided. Pockets are provided for holding soap and for insertion of a water discharging tube or hose. The pockets permit the pads to be turned inside out.

The scouring pad can be economically made by mass production methods. The pad has an extended range of utility and greater versatility and useful lives than conventional pads made only of a single grade of steel wool or woven wire. If desired, the woven wire may be made in some cases of plastic material or plastic coated metal wire.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

A scouring and cleaning device, comprising a round, shell-like, annular pad formed with a plurality of arcuate sections joined together circumferentially around said pad, said sections being made respectively of scouring materials having different grades of coarseness, said pad having an annular pocket formed therein, and uncoupling means on said annular pad so that said pad can be straightened and then said body can be turned inside out and recoupled so that either side of said pad can be used for scouring.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,139,175 12/1938 Shick 15-568 2,152,697 4/1939 Kingman 15209 3,039,125 6/1962 Benjamin 15509 X FOREIGN PATENTS 134,335 6/ 1948 Australia.

CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner.

P. R. ARVIDSON, Assistant Examiner. 

